Democracy Audiobook By Bernard Crick cover art

Democracy

A Very Short Introduction

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection of titles.
Yours as long as you’re a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for $8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Democracy

By: Bernard Crick
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Try Standard free

$8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $14.66

Buy for $14.66

No political concept is more used, and misused, than that of democracy. Nearly every regime today claims to be democratic, but not all "democracies" allow free politics, and free politics existed long before democratic franchises.

This book is a short account of the history of the doctrine and practice of democracy, from ancient Greece and Rome through the American, French, and Russian revolutions, and of the usages and practices associated with it in the modern world. It argues that democracy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for good government, and that ideas of the rule of law, and of human rights, should in some situations limit democratic claims.

©2002 Bernard Crick (P)2021 Tantor Politics & Government Ideologies & Doctrines Democracy Government Law Ancient History Human Rights
All stars
Most relevant
It was good but complicated. It’s short but no one should consider short with simple. I have books that are 300 pages that I finish faster than this one.

Short not Simple

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Excelente libro que recoge algunas ideas del autor contenidas en la obra “En defensa de la política”, un poco difícil de leer directamente en inglés, pero sin duda una gran lectura de filosofía política.

Libro lleno de erudición y citas clásicas

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.